Phrase guide

dictation machine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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noun

Meaning 1

A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: диктофо́н (diktofón) — sound recording device
  • Catalan: dictàfon — sound recording device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口述錄音機 /口述录音机 (kǒushù lùyīnjī) — sound recording device
  • Czech: diktafon — sound recording device
  • Esperanto: diktafono — sound recording device
  • Estonian: diktofon — sound recording device
  • Finnish: sanelukone — sound recording device
  • Finnish: sanelin — sound recording device
  • French: dictaphone — sound recording device
  • French: appareil à dictée — sound recording device
  • German: Diktiergerät — sound recording device
  • Italian: dittafono — sound recording device
  • Japanese: ボイスレコーダー (boisu rekōdā) — sound recording device
  • Japanese: 口述録音機 (kōjutsu rokuonki) — sound recording device
  • Kyrgyz: үналгыч (ünalgıc) — sound recording device
  • Māori: (mīhini) hopu kōrero — sound recording device
  • Polish: dyktafon — sound recording device
  • Portuguese: ditafone — sound recording device
  • Russian: диктофо́н (diktofón) — sound recording device
  • Spanish: dictáfono — sound recording device
  • Turkish: diktafon — sound recording device
  • Turkish: ünalga — sound recording device
  • Turkish: dikte cihazı — sound recording device
  • Ukrainian: диктофо́н (dyktofón) — sound recording device